Metal Scale Body

[LorenzoZ]

Just wondering if people would be interested in lets say " toyota bruiser mountaineer " in metal ? pewter

im talkin with someone that could make it .. but im just wondering if ppl would be willing to use it or just not good ?

cause i want to convert mine to metal but .. if im alone it will cost more =(


any opinions or comments or if someone know how to make one .. let me know thanks.

btw im talkin about a exact replica in metal ..

** EDIT guess i put this maybe in the wrong section if it has to be moved to the general scale talk it can be moved **

[rcdudegermy10]

I would if it wasn't too expensive.

Any idea on how much it would cost?

[scalecrawler]

x2 on the cost

and what would it weigh for something like this?

[Thorsteenster]

Cost be damned, in pewter have you thought about the weight? It'll be a ton, unless you use tin foil thick pewter, but then it'll crumple like tin foil.

[LorenzoZ]

i dont know about pricing and that .. he just said like 500 each but the more the less ( btw im not trying to sell anything here ) is just information !!!

if pewter is heavy .. any other ideas or who might do them with aluminum or steel plate ? or something more light and resistant ?

cause i really want to make a scaler with real metal

[run2jeepn]

What would be sweet is if someone made one with a hard plastic Cab/Grill and what ever else. But leave the Fenders, Hood, bed sides, out of Thinner metal. Just enough to dent and rust up some. Then sell replacement panels. Who cares if it's heavier then Lexan. Thats not the point.

[davway]

Originally Posted by LorenzoZ

he just said like 500 each but the more the less

$500 each............for real?
how many was that quoted on?
start talking $100 or a lot less and a lighter material and maybe youll get somewhere.
$500 though.....it wouldnt see the rocks.

[JavelinSST390]

Originally Posted by run2jeepn

What would be sweet is if someone made one with a hard plastic Cab/Grill and what ever else. But leave the Fenders, Hood, bed sides, out of Thinner metal. Just enough to dent and rust up some. Then sell replacement panels. Who cares if it's heavier then Lexan. Thats not the point.

Something Like this?



I'm working on making these to attach to a carved-up Pro-line K5 body as an experiment. basically, the lexan body will be a "frame" with all the major body panels (Hood, fenders, rear quarters, roof panel,) mostly cut away (except for at the edges so there's something left to attach the panels to.) and the metal panels attached with shoe-goo, or something similar. That way the panels can still get dented and mangled, but there's still a solid way to mount the body and it won't get completely destroyed in the first rollover like the awesome flatfender Jeep body that one guy did.

This is the first try I did and it's made by hand from the bottom of an embossed pie tin so that's why it's all wrinkly. (I had to flatten the embossments before I could use the aluminum). I just pressed it over the lexan body with my fingers to see if it was even feasible. If I had a flat, straight piece to start with and some tools it would be much easier.

I want to do a set of metal panels for a clod body, too.

I'm trying to figure out a way to make a set of bucks or dies out of fiberglass or wood or something easy to work with so I could just make myself replacements real easy so that if I roll the thing down a 40ft. cliff I'm not out a ton of work.

I desperately need to to hear the crunch of metal and see lots and lots of dents.

EDIT: The panels I'm making or going on a 1.9 TLT-axled build that will hopefully end up looking like THIS:

[LorenzoZ]

i would like something like javelin work .. but not so thin ... something more like .... .60 or .40 but in metal plate

someone has to know someone who can work metal like that

btw im gona mail him to get more info

*** ok i mail him and i invite him to join forums .. so he can actually answer to more technical questions you might have ***

cause you know english not my main language so its kinda hard to talk about strenghts weights etc cause for example .. i dont understand pounds only kilos, so it gets kinda tricky

[rcdudegermy10]

Project True scale test rig

This guy did it. It looks really cool, but not so durable.

[r/cSith]

Hi I have made an all metal body, out of light alluminum panel, it's an 1/8 scale, if someone is interested in seeing a pic of it, I would have to e-mail them a pic of it, so then they would have to post it on the board for me, also I'm still in the process of finishing the tailgate and the front gril and fenders, for the body is a cj-8 body ibelieve

[Mikekx65]

Originally Posted by rcdudegermy10

Project True scale test rig

This guy did it. It looks really cool, but not so durable.

If you drag a 1:1 over rocks and such wont it dent and scratch? well duh and thats the purpose of a SCALE body.

[rcdudegermy10]

While that is really cool, I would prefer something with a bit more durability.

[LorenzoZ]

Originally Posted by rcdudegermy10

While that is really cool, I would prefer something with a bit more durability.

aye but no aluminum paper and i was talkin about exact replica of toyota Bruiser Mountaineer .. something that looks more like a real truck
and a metal plate ..

something like this kind of metal

http://www.carmodeller.au.com/1954_Mercedesnew.html

or this http://www.olivesans.com/ and im talking about only a body not all the scale car

or so you can give an idea of more or less a good body work .. maybe this
http://autoescala.blogspot.com/2007/...listas-se.html but of course i dont know which metal is that .. or if its resitant or not .. maybe someone here will know

anyway is just an idea of how i would like a toyota mountaineer in metal maybe its a big dream i know :-(

[JavelinSST390]

If you want something THAT nice you're gonna have to either start carving mahogany bucks and hammering out the parts or your gonna pay someone at LEAST a four-figure number for work like that!!!!!

[LorenzoZ]

well in fact no .. that would cost a lot cause its all a complete car .. thats why i say only body ...

and now i know it has to be of tinplate

[rcdudegermy10]

I'd prefer just the outer body, just the frame...

and of a Bruiser truck (like you mentioned), not a car

[LorenzoZ]

Originally Posted by rcdudegermy10

I'd prefer just the outer body, just the frame...

and of a Bruiser truck (like you mentioned), not a car

:? exactly